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semilongus

semilongus [CL semi-+longus], (as sb. f., mus.) symbol that represents a value less than that of a longa (usu. two thirds), imperfect long note. b (~ior) symbol that represents a value less than that of a longior (usu. two thirds). c (~issima) symbol that represents a value less than that of a longissima (usu. two thirds, in quot. half). d (in gl.). longa, quando imperfecta est, ~a magis proprie ‥ dici oportebit Haudlo 88; ~a vero et longa similes sunt in figura, dissimiles vero in proporcione et ore secundum vocem Ib.; hec que dicenda sunt de longis et ~is erectis Haudlo 88; triplici ‥ more longe, ~e, breves et semibreves in voce proferuntur Ib. 104; inperfecta longa sive ~a et dicitur ~a a semis quod est inperfecta et longa, quasi inperfecta longa; continet ij breves perfectas, vj minores perfectas, xviij minimas Wals. Mus. Mens. 81.  b modus autem suus hic est: longissima, semilongissima, longior, ~ior, longa, semilonga, brevis, semibrevis, brevior, semibrevior, minima vel brevissima Mus. Mens. (Anon. VI) 401; inperfecta longior sive ~ior ‥ continet ij longas perfectas, vj breves, xviij minores perfectas, liiij minimas Wals. Mus. Mens. 81.  c longissima, ~issima Mus. Mens. (Anon. VI) 401 (v. b supra).  d longus componitur bilongus, oblongus, longanimis ‥ ~us Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 313.

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